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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1912
Page
4
Miss Julia Curry will present a sacred concert at the A M E church next Sunday evening. A splendid program includes sacred music essays and declamations. All are invited with special welcome to White friends of the church.
Congregation urges continued gifts to cover a year old church expense of 6200 dollars with 200 dollars still needed to complete the total. The appeal stresses that the congregation deserves support to finish the fund drive.
A Keokuk area congregation of about 100 members reports near completion of their house of worship, having financed the project with about 1,000 dollars unpaid. The group also spends around 2,000 dollars yearly on other needs. The present pastor will deliver fare well sermons next Sabbath and assist in communion on the 29th with Rev. W. N. Leeper. The pastor will declare the pulpit vacant by authority of the Presbytery of Keokuk on the 29th.
Dr Sadler estimates that billions in wages are lost annually to colds as lost time means lost earnings. The ad urges treating coughs with Foley's Honey and Tar Compound to stop coughing and ease inflamed air passages. Lemmwon's Pharmacy addresses the remedy.
Washington reports that lightning causes far fewer deaths than murder or burning but remains a major fear. U S statistics show annual deaths from lightning around 276, with higher risk in the East and Gulf regions, suggesting indoors and careful shelter as safer options. A Canadian observer notes a bizarre case of a man struck by lightning who remained upright after death.
W R Hayes argues for a pension system to reduce aging staff in Washington departments. He says current policy keeps long serving workers on rolls, creates dependency on charity if dismissed, and blocks private employment. He cites Canada as a model and notes clerks resist funding via payroll deductions.
The article recalls Senator David Rice Atchison of Clay County Missouri claiming the brief title of president of the United States for one day. Polk and Dallas terms ended March 4 1849 while Vice President vacancy allowed Atchison as ex officio vice president and, simultaneously, a vacant presidential office left him to become president for a day.
A humorous vignette shows a despondent microbe overhearing Assistant Surgeon General George Rucker sing about eradicating pests. The microbe questions defenses against bed bugs, then tragically dies by leaping into an inkwell as the sanitary effort closes in.
The article notes that 11,221,621,084 cigarettes were smoked in the United States during the 1912 fiscal year, about 128 per person on average. It calls the rise an increase of two billion from 1911 and cites secrecy by Secretary MacVeagh and officials in explaining the jump.
Secretary Franklin MacVeagh bans chafing dish parties in the Treasury building. Noonday receptions teas and hot luncheons halted as clerks must dine elsewhere. A sanitary committee urged removal of cooking utensils and end to light housekeeping in the department.
A German sportsman wagered there were 9 000 locomotion methods and set off with a friend on a world trip to test them. One stunt used a child’s toy wagon drawn by an alligator at an alligator farm in Los Angeles California.
A short reflection notes that worry exceeds work as a health concern, asserting more people worry than actually labor, with a playful twist on natural tendencies and prudence. The piece contrasts anxiety with productivity and suggests a cultural bias toward worry.
Ernest Savcedo, a Mexican worker with a Rock Island steel gang at Cotter, is bound over to the grand jury on a $1,000 bond for stealing Remps Hampsher's gun from the Rock Island station. He admits taking the weapon, found later in his car along with other stolen items. Sheriff McCarty says Mexicans commit many petty thefts. several live in railroad yard cars, where more stolen goods are found.
Notice to wholesale and retail customers that the last milk delivery will be made on September 30, 1852 by W. A. Chilcote.
The Whitcomb family express gratitude for community kindness during illness and after the death of Ira E. Whitcomb. They thank friends, floral offerings, Centennial school teachers and children, and note the comfort the support provided. Harvey Whitcomb and Mr and Mrs F M Kelley and children conveyed thanks.
Advertises free sample of MI-O-NA indigestion remedy with refund guarantee from Lemmon's Pharmacy. Mentions relief for dyspepsia gastritis and catarrh of the stomach, plus benefits for dizziness biliousness headaches and nervousness. Price 50 cents a box nationwide.
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